Persied Meteor SHower 11-13 AUG

Iancar29

THAT time of year again folks!


Current forecast , as per usual shows the peak on monday night to be cloudy

BUT , Sunday night looks good!

So If your not in work Monday , get up late SUnday and then stay up ALL night Sunday which could be a great display !

http://www.christiantoday.com/article/perseid.meteor.shower.2013.peak.time.dates.august.12.13.how.to.watch.live.star.show.nyc.video/33501.htm


We all know the darker the skies you have above you the better the show .

SO if your planning on going anywhere heres a shot from the ISS at night showing the lit areas of the country...




BRING ON z FIREBALLS!

Red Nissan

Thanks, Ian. I was very saddened to see that map last year. There is almost no where within twenty miles of significant light pollution.

Iancar29

Its horrible aint it? , people living in Rural areas are so fecking lucky at times like these!

Luckily though i could be heading down to Wexford near Blackwater to view them from there! FINGERS CROSSED!

SEPT 23 1989

Iancar29 wrote: »

Its horrible aint it? , people living in Rural areas are so fecking lucky at times like these!

Luckily though i could be heading down to Wexford near Blackwater to view them from there! FINGERS CROSSED!

lucky man,i have a holiday place not far from there

it will be stunning if you get a clear night

novarock

If its clear any night around 11 or 12 from now you will see a few coming out of the north. I was in Delgany two nights ago and caught 5 or 6 in 20 minutes.

Hammer Archer

Aaaaaand my first night shift begins........ Sunday night :mad:

Popoutman

I'm working Sunday night as well, though I may be able to set up the camera to take some pics. I'd prefer to have a nice wideangle, but the 35mm f2 will have to do on the aps camera.

Bejubby

Iancar29 wrote: »

Its horrible aint it? , people living in Rural areas are so fecking lucky at times like these!

Luckily though i could be heading down to Wexford near Blackwater to view them from there! FINGERS CROSSED!

I can assure you Ian you'll have nooo problem with lights down there,ha.

lolie

Skies clearing up nicely here so hoping to see a few later.
Anyone outside tonight should also look out for the ISS and the HTV-4 cargo carrier that's chasing it as its due to dock with it in the morning.
Both going overhead at 11.00 and again 12.37 am west to east, the HTV-4 wont be as bright so may be harder to spot.

Iancar29

06z Cloud forecast for Sunday Night ...





AND WHATS THIS?! ... an UPGRADE for Monday night?! .... SURELY NOT?! :eek:



All in FI still in terms of cloud forecast folks

So .. only SLIGHT amounts of excitement is allowed....

Tindie

I thought it would help if you have farm in front of house, I could not see the last one, maybe I was looking at wrong way lol

I checking this for new few nights!

Popoutman

Thread in the Astronomy forum:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057009791

Iancar29

Popoutman wrote: »

Thread in the Astronomy forum:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057009791

True but this is the weather forum , for the WEATHER on the nights ..

Popoutman

good point!

Fingers crossed for a cloud-free hour or two early Monday morning, so I can go and get a few snaps, and see a few Perseids.

Iancar29

Forecast for midnight tonight guys for those of you who are not in work tomorrow. You should definitely be able to see some , especially if your in a dark location.

tylercollins

Updated forecast for tonight midnight.

Popoutman

About 4 okta of cloud in Limerick at the moment, so somewhat promising that I'll get to see one or two later on..

In the Australian outback last year over 200km from a small town and 1,100km from the nearest real town. Dry season conditions on the edge of a desert so extremely low humidity. Was in a group camped out and we saw shooting stars regularly. When the sky is so clear you realise just how many of them there are. In fairness these conditions would of been among the best on the planet bar some observatory locations on top of mountains (I do plan on goin to a 2,000m peak nearby when I get a camera to get some starry sky shots).

Highlight was seeing one bounce off the atmosphere - well that's what we believe happened. It came in and changed angle rather abruptly.

tylercollins

Well, forecast for cloud cover wasn't exactly accurate tonight for Malin Head. Arrived there during ****ing monsoon season! lol

Anyway, seen a few meteors but didn't capture them on camera, however I did manage to catch the Milkyway!

Quality of the image isn't the sharpest because of shooting at an extremely high ISO and also because of my lens being too slow!

This was shot at F/4.0, ISO 6400, 10mm and a 30 second exposure.

Bejubby

I was out last night to have a quick look .
I think I saw a satellite pass at 1045pm.
I was facing north/east.
No other action though:(

Maybe tonight.

MiNdGaM3

Caught one Persied meteor last night while watching the ISS pass over at around 11pm. It quickly clouded over though...

sparrowcar

Bejubby wrote: »

I was out last night to have a quick look .
I think I saw a satellite pass at 1045pm.
I was facing north/east.
No other action though:(

Maybe tonight.

That was the ISS, it was extremely bright as it passed last night. It's visible every night for the next few weeks.

http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/sightings/view.cfm?country=Ireland&region=None&city=Dublin#.Ugdq_qa9LCQ

Iancar29

Gettin very nervous looking at sat24 ...

If anything i say itll clear up after say midnight ... wish that blob of cloud to the west was further south !

Oscar Bravo

Thick loud in Castlebar,sadly. I was looking forward to it but as in so many recent years will be cloudy once again.

Iancar29

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Thick loud in Castlebar,sadly. I was looking forward to it but as in so many recent years will be cloudy once again.

Theres a clearance coming in from the west.

http://www.sat24.com/

Bsal

Evelyn just gave out some good info on the RTE weather a few minutes ago. Cloud should clear by midnight, look to the northeast and up to 60 meteors an hour could be visible.

Lumi

Bsal wrote: »

Evelyn just gave out some good info on the RTE weather a few minutes ago. Cloud should clear by midnight, look to the northeast and up to 60 meteors an hour could be visible.

Some good breaks in the cloud developing over Galway city at the moment. Heading away from the city lights shortly for some sky watching

Gonzo

went outside to check, alot of cloud around but luckily there was a nice patch of clearance to the northwest, saw 5 meteor's already altho only small ones.

Bsal

I have just seen my first one, small and to the NE of Swords.

Popoutman

took a quick walk outside, but it's cloudy. I'll try a few photos later on when I've finished, and when I can locate my camera clip-in light pollution filter..

Bsal

I spotted a good few in the last 30mins in Swords, but its getting cloudy now. One in particular was really nice, it was an orange colour with a nice long streak.

Popoutman

It never unclouded enough for me to get any

Maybe I should move to Gran Canaria at some point..

Akrasia

Deleted User wrote: »

Highlight was seeing one bounce off the atmosphere - well that's what we believe happened. It came in and changed angle rather abruptly.

When I was a kid I saw something just like this, A meteor that changed direction.

I've always joked that It was a UFO but it's nice to know that there is a more plausible explanation

eskimocat

The few times that I was nipping in and out, the cloud cover was extensive, with no discernable breaks. so no meteors for me.

Ger8

Will it be visible 2nite?

Oscar Bravo

tonight is the peak,however cloud in due to increase from the North west this evening.....so not good sadly.

Tindie

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

tonight is the peak,however cloud in due to increase from the North west this evening.....so not good sadly.

Perfect for tonight, it's got cloudy early yesterday!, I could not see any!

I will out side for a least 2 hours

Gonzo

cloud and rain in all areas by tonight so propably only extreme east and south-east may catch something early on.

italodisco

Guys would dollymount strand be any use tonight for spotting the space station?

Just trying to get an idea of best times and locations close to me

Oh , and would meteors be visible too ?

Cheers

Bejubby

Gonzo wrote: »

cloud and rain in all areas by tonight so propably only extreme east and south-east may catch something early on.

pretty cloudy down here already:(

exador

what time is space station visible at ?

lolie

exador wrote: »

what time is space station visible at ?

Full overhead pass at 10.59 - 11.04 from w to e. Second short pass at 00.36 - 00.37 from w to wsw.
Not much chance of seeing it with all the cloud thats about.

jprboy

lolie wrote: »

Full overhead pass at 10.59 - 11.04 from w to e. Second short pass at 00.36 - 00.37 from w to wsw.
Not much chance of seeing it with all the cloud thats about.

Thanks, Lolie !

Just in from seeing the Space Station pass over here in North Tipp.

Skies, which had clouded over earlier, cleared here in the last hour and we had a fantastic view. Also saw 2 perseids in those few minutes

Thanks again !!

Frankenchrist

Seen about 5 pass over in the last 15 mins.... or else i'm looking at planes.

maquiladora

Frankenchrist wrote: »

Seen about 5 pass over in the last 15 mins.... or else i'm looking at planes.

Those are either some very fast planes or very slow meteors.

italodisco

No visability here at croke park :-(

Frankenchrist

maquiladora wrote: »

Those are either some very fast planes or very slow meteors.

Well they are very slow.... are they called fireballs?

I'm watching from citywest

irish147

great sky here in wex... some flying stars..... one slow star, one fast

Longboard

maquiladora

Frankenchrist wrote: »

Well they are very slow.... are they called fireballs?

I'm watching from citywest

Those are just satellites.

Akrasia

It was cloudy in ennis last night but we had a 40 minute window where the skies cleared and it was great. We think we saw the ISS and a few other satelites
We also saw 6 or 7 quick little shooting stars and 3 brighter 'fireballs' that left trails after them. They were almost a blue greeny colour as they light up.

It was great.